Improvement in plows



J. S. HALL.

Cultivator.

No. 29,590.- Pauemaed Aug 14, 1860.

Inventor,

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"JOHN S. HALL, OF YVEST MANCHESTER, PENLTSYLVANIA. 1

IMPROVEMENT m FLOWS.

Specification forming part of-LettersPatent No. 29,590 dated August 1 4, 1860.

.To all whom it may concern-:

Be it known that-I, JOHN S. HALL,. Of

' West Manchester, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew'and useful Improvement in Plows which maybe used for-many purposes in working ortilling-soils; and I do hereby declare the following to :be a -full, clear, and. exact, descrip- .tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part. of

standard is united to and adjusted upon thebeam.

'Myinvention consists iniuniting the standcard of a plow to the beam by means ofratchet' and-flanged p lat"es, -wfhicH admit ofseveralad- *justments'thatfare very advantageous in im plementsjof ,this kind, as will "be hereinafter To'enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with'refcrence to the drawings.

A-represents'the beam, and B the handles, of a plow made and united together in any of the usual well-known ways. a and a are cast-plates, having flanges b b upon them and a series of ratchet -teeth, 0 0'. These plates are alike, except in one particularviz., that the flanges on the beam-plate a are somewhat more remote'from each other than those on the standard-plate a this difference being that of the usual difference in size between a plow beam and a'standard. The flanges b on the plate a catchover thetopand bottom of the beam, leaving'the ratchet-face c outwardf The flanges b on the plate a catch over the sides of the standard 0, it's ratchet c facing that (a) on the beam. Now, when these two plates are brought up together with their ratchet-teeth interlocked, and a screw,- bolt, 6, passed through thebeani, the plates, and the standard, the whole are firmly united together.

I have shown two shovel-plows, D D, as',at-, tachod to the standards 0 but I can use any other form of plow just as well, and de- I sign fitting to the stocks such plowsor moldboards asthe users prefer or desire. I can use, also, one, two, or more standards and plows on the beam without changingfthe characteristics of: any invention;

I enumerate some of the advantages of this plow; In the first place, it may. be a cotton;

scraper, a' plow, ora'cultivator. It may be, a right ha nd or a left-hand scraper,- plow, or

cultivator by simply-shifting the plows forward or back or onto -'op'posite sides vof the beam. The plows may be adjusted nearer to or farther fromeach other. They can be in clined more or I'less with regard to the beam, and be raised or, lowered thereon to suit any object, person, or purpose; and, finally, for. close packing :for transportation or for 'StOIT-n' age, the standards 0 can be' raised up into a .-posi t ion parallel with the beam, or nearly so, ,and'there' secured', inwhieh position the plow takes up muchlessroomr All these adjust+ nent's and changes andpositions are due to' the ratchet-plates by which the standard is united to the beam, for by running back the nut f of the bolt 6 until the two plates will spread far enough to disengage their ratchetteeth, the standard may be turned entirely around on the bolt e, as on, a pivot-pin, if it were necessary to do so, and by running up the nut again it could be held in any position within the circle which it describes. It will scarcely, however, ever be required to bring up the standards farther than the beam, and then only for transpprtation or stowage.

The whole plow is very cheap and simple,

and, iii-consideration of its susceptibilities for so many purposes and changes, is highly valnable as an agricultural implement.

Though I. have shown-ratchet-teeth as the' holdingsurface between the plates, where the 'projectingportions of one fit into correspondv holes in the plates, and thus accomplish. the I deem, however, the ratchet same object.

projections to be the mostsimple and efiicient, but do not confine my invention solely tothem, as other clamping or holding devices may be substituted for them, provided 'theya arsons to admit of folding up, substantially such rangedpn the sides ofthe beam and stander-(1.. as herein described and represented.

Halvin thus 'fullyflescribed'the nature and N V Object) of my invention, what'I elaimi Jon} HALL Uniting a plowstandardto a'plow beam \Vitnesses:

by means of ratchet and flanged plates :11'- A. B. STOUGHTOX,

( ranged en the sides of the'b'ez'imand standard, E; Om-1N. 

